IPVM - MVP Development

[bdehaynin]

Description:

This milestone is part of the Fission Projects Roadmap.

Objectives:

• First goal: Deliver / run a Homestar binary or container (Rust) that can parse, interpret, and execute deterministic wasm-task workflows given a configuration (Json/Ipld).
  This includes integration with libp2p, gossipsub (pub/sub receipts), and ipfs.
• Second goal: Deliver a JS/Browser library / extension for execution of Wasm deterministic workflows (of Wasm-components).
• MVP allows for multiple instances of peered Homestar nodes to run jobs and share receipts, but essentially only as replicants in a cluster. No remote execution based on capabilities / affinities.

ETA: 2023-09-30

Features:

• Execution Engine
  • Embedded Wasmtime / Run Wasm/Wit functions
  • Wasm Deterministic Execution
    • Metering
      • Initial fuel setup
      • Initial memory setup
• Infrastructure & Tooling
  • Self-hosted Deployments
• Runtime
  • Completed version of IPFS, libp2p, gossip (Network)
  • Scheduler: Parallel vs Sequential Execution of Workflow Tasks
  • Build Initial Runtime, including
    • RPC Server
    • CLI
    • Parse Workflow (as) Files
    • Settings Integration

Children:

• Workflow Parser ipvm-wg/homestar#75
• Self-hosted version/deployment ipvm-wg/homestar#85
• Completed IPFS and libp2p Integration ipvm-wg/homestar#86
• Incremental Receipt Reuse ipvm-wg/homestar#116
• Bidirectional IPLD from/to WIT interpreter ipvm-wg/homestar#61
• Metering ipvm-wg/homestar#77
• Scheduler: Parallel vs Sequential Execution of Workflow Tasks ipvm-wg/homestar#79

Resources:

• IPVM Spec
• Figma
• Project Issue
• Starmaps

Note:

• This milestone is subject to change as priorities and circumstances evolve.
• This is essentially a Fission-first MVP, something we can run internally.